{"id":243445,"date":"2025-09-21T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243445\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T08:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T08:13:10","slug":"italy-have-just-had-another-historic-moment-in-tennis-which-has-nothing-to-do-with-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243445\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy have\u00a0just\u00a0had another \u2018historic moment\u2019 in tennis which has nothing to do with Jannik Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Italy are one step closer to securing a second Billie Jean King Cup after coming back from a point down to beat Ukraine. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The defending champions trailed 1-0 after Marta Kostyuk defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto on Friday night. <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s lead did not last for long, however, as former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/jasmine-paolini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasmine Paolini<\/a> came through a gruelling three-setter against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Elina-Svitolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elina Svitolina<\/a>, before clinching the decisive point in doubles with Sara Errani. <\/p>\n<p>After their triumph, Italy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Billie-Jean-King-Cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billie Jean King Cup<\/a> captain, Tathiana Garbin, claimed their side had made history. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236274592-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Italy v Ukraine - Billie Jean King Cup By Gainbridge Finals 2025\" \/>Photo by Zhe Ji\/Getty Images for Billie Jean King CupTathiana Garbin reacts to Italy\u2019s win at the Billie Jean King Cup<\/p>\n<p>In her post-match press conference, Garbin said: \u201cI like to have these girls with me. They fight every ball. Every time they wear the national jacket, they put extra efficiency on court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a historical moment for Italian tennis, not just men. Today again they show how strong they are when they have a dream and they are running for the same dream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are building a great unity. I\u2019m just lucky to be here and be present with these magnificent girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable moment. The girls show how is the fight, how is to give your heart for your country, to give a lot of proud to be here in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey show really the unity. Here all the team is in the conference because it\u2019s all part of this big win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236285026-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Italy v Ukraine - Billie Jean King Cup By Gainbridge Finals 2025\" \/>Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images for Billie Jean King CupJasmine Paolini left shocked at Italy\u2019s comeback victory <\/p>\n<p>Tie-winner Paolini said of her match with Svitolina: \u201cI don\u2019t know how I turned around this match. I did it. I stayed there at all the points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time I was a bit more lucky than her maybe. The last time I lost with match point (smiling).<br \/>It\u2019s tennis. It happens. This time I\u2019m happy I stayed there. I tried to find a solution to beat her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she\u2019s a very great player, a strong player. Every time, it\u2019s a fight against her. It wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to thank the bench, of course, the captain, and everyone who was there trying to push myself through the match. Yeah, I\u2019m really happy that we managed to win this tie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy are now through to their third consecutive final at the Billie Jean King Cup, having finished as runners-up in 2023. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy are one step closer to securing a second Billie Jean King Cup after coming back from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":243446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[117763,62,1464,67,132,68,2212],"class_list":{"0":"post-243445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-billie-jean-king-cup","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115241288151709594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}